Here’s our box office report for the weekend of October 21st, 2011 featuring the performances of debut films ‘Paranormal Activity 3′ and ‘The Three Musketeers’ – as well as updates on the rest of the box office top ten.

A new red band trailer for ‘The Thing’ reveals the prequel’s parasitic monster. Does it look more or less scary than the creature in John Carpenter’s 1982 film? Check out the video and decide for yourself.

NASA made an announcement that they’ve found a new lifeform here on Earth which DOESN’T share our DNA – and that’s fantastic news. So let’s refresh our memories with a look at the various alien movie types.